New York in the 1920s. Literary editor Max Perkins was the first to sign such later literary giants as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. When a rambling 1,000-page manuscript from an unknown author fell into Perkins’ hands, he was convinced he had discovered a literary genius.
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Film actors:
- Max Perkins as Colin Firth
- Thomas Wolfe as Jude Law
- Erin Bernstein as Nicole Kidman
- Louise Sanders as Laura Linney
- F. Scott Fitzgerald as Guy Pearce
- Ernest Hemingway: Dominic West
- Zelda Fitzgerald: Vanessa Kirby
- John Wheelock as Demetri Goritsas
- Assistant Editor: Harry Atwell
- Bertha Perkins as Angela Ashton
- Zibby Perkins as Eve Bracken
- Julia Wolf as Gillian Hannah
- John Wheelock as Corey Johnson
- Perkins’ Maid Eleanor: Mikel Brown
- Scribner’s Staff: Rosie Benjamin
- Mabel Wolfe as Elaine Caulfield
- Director: Richard Dempsey
- Jane Perkins as Katya Watson
- Peggy Perkins as Lorna Doherty
- Nancy Perkins as Makenna McBrearty
- Miss Wyckoff: Lucy Briers
- James, Mailroom Clerk: Ray Strasser King
- Scribner’s Cane: David Altana
- Scribner’s Cane: Charles Dinsdale
- Scribner’s Staff: Eric Hayden
- Scribner’s Cane: Kenneth Hazeldine
- Scribner’s Cane: Oliver King
- Scribner’s Cane: Alex Luckey
- Scribner’s Cane: Charlotte Longfield
- Scribner’s Employee: Nick Mercer
- Scribner’s Employee: Kim Rosenfield
- Scribner’s Cane: James Wallace
- The purring woman: Katherine Kingsley
- Guests at the Gollum Woman’s Table: Richard Clark
- Guest at Lady Gulu’s Table: Stella McCabe
- Guest at Lady Gulu’s Table: Christopher Oram
- Guest at Lady Gulu’s Table: Mike Vessey
- Actor: Maddie Rice
- Actor: Ian Drysdale
- Lighting Technician: Alistair Sanderson
- Lighting Technician: Alexander Scrivens
- The Woman in the Bar: Cassandra Nina
- The Woman in the Bar: Pamela Okoroafor
- Orchestra: Kenji Fenton
- Band: Neville Malcolm
- Orchestra: Winston Rollins
- Orchestra: Chris Stoll
- Orchestra: Frank Tonto
- Dancer: Jamal Crawford
- Dancer: Kemi Durosinmi
- Dancer: Joe Des
- Dancer: Kevin Katie
- Dancer: Leslie Mutombo-Agbepa
- Dancer: Joshua Robinson
- Grand Central Station Conductor: Andrew Byron
- Johns Hopkins Hospital Nurse Practitioner: Jane Perry
- Funeral Minister: James Bearman
- Effie Wolf: Trina Dillon
- Frank Wolff as Gary Tomsett
- Frederick Wolfe as Mark Phillimore
Photography team:
- Producer: Michael Grandage
- Backup Property Guru: Phil Bull
- Producer: James Bearman
- Screenwriter: John Logan
- Casting: Gina Jay
- Costume Design: Jane Petrie
- Original music composer: Adam Coker
- Editor: Chris Dickens
- Production Design: Mark Digby
- Executive Producer: A. Scott Berg
- Director of Photography: Ben Davis
- Concept design: Elo Soode
- Executive Producer: James J. Bagley
- Makeup Artist: Christine Brendel
- Makeup artist: Laura Morse
- Special effects makeup artist: Nathaniel De’Lineadeus
- Special effects makeup artist: Chris Lyons
- Art Director: Alex Bailey
- Art Director: Gareth Cousins
- Set Decoration: Michelle Day
- Executive Producer: Tim Bevin
- Executive Producer: Nick Ball
- Executive Producer: Tim Christian
- Executive Producer: Ivan Dunleavy
- Executive Producer: Ariel Tepper Madover
- Executive Producer: Deepak Nayyar
- Producer: Tracy Seward
- Assistant Foley Artist: Lilly Blazewicz
- Foley mixer: Glenn Gassard
- Foley Artist: Jack Stew
- Foley Artist: Andrea King
- Foley Mixer: Jemma Riley-Tolch
Movie review:
- Reno: **Behind a great writer, there is a genius editor!
- I feel like the title “Genius” doesn’t fit the storyline of the movie. It’s more about commitment and prioritization to these causes than anything else, which is why it looks like genius in the eyes of others. Although I won’t deny that this experience is always very convenient. The film tells the story of Editor Ant and how he met one of the best writers of his time. But together the two of them gave the literary world some masterpieces, and that’s the story that this film very literally presents to us.
- This story takes place around the 1930s. A passionate writer and a gifted editor form a strong bond, especially from their professions, but it’s more than that. When the two families fell into trouble, the two men completely gave up their jobs. Thus, perspectives on different issues from different perspectives are well revealed.
- If you’re looking for inspiration, this biopic will definitely provide it. If you are a book lover, this is a book not to be missed, especially if you have read Thomas Wolfe’s books. It’s incredible that this movie was made by a first time director. The actors in the main roles, including Colin Firth and Jude Law, are all excellent. We’ve seen a lot of great movies about authors, so what’s different is that this one focuses on the editor. It’s on Bryan Cranston’s “Trumbo” line. I hope you didn’t miss it because it’s great if you admire real-life achievers, even those who support someone’s achievements.
- _8/10_
- tmdb28039023: The brilliance of “Genius” is that, although it is centered around the publication of Thomas Wolfe’s novels “Looking Home,” “Angels,” and “Time and the River,” it is not a book about writing. is a film about editing; therefore, editor Max Perkins (Colin Firth) invested as much time and effort as Wolfe (Jude Law).
- Both have significant others, we know because they are played by Nicole Kidman and Laura Linney, just look at them, Wolfe’s love interests Erin Bernstein and Perkins The wife Louise has an important presence in every man’s life – these are real women, if I may use an unlicensed figure of speech, support the great man. The great thing about Perkins was his ability to recognize the greatness in others. Before Wolfe, he “discovered” Hemingway and Fitzgerald, the latter played briefly but solidly by the always effective Guy Pearce).
- However, Irene and Louise are not muses, and “Genius” is simply a love story as it chronicles the brotherhood of Perkins and Wolfe, for lack of a better term. Their marriage was perfect because Wolfe, like Picasso, believed that inspiration should be found in work (a belief that came to light when he strolled into Perkins’ office with a 5,000-page first draft of Time and the River became obvious), and Perkins was a staunch supporter, even more so than Picasso.
- The film’s greatest insight is that while writing is a lonely, one-person endeavor, rewriting is ideally a two-person job, as you need at least another pair of ears to listen and another mouth to provide what is being heard. A priceless commodity called feedback—but it couldn’t be just anyone, and Wolff was lucky enough to find that Perkins was his, to borrow Stephen King’s term, “ideal reader”; someone who would encourage him to borrow Another of Kim’s creeds (which Kim again borrowed from someone else), “Kill your darlings” (“Kill your darlings even if it breaks your self-centered little scribbler’s heart”) ”).
- As a result, the film’s best sequence is when Perkins and Wolfe pare down a paragraph from 232 words to just 25. , Perkins asked him: “Whoosh, whoosh.” Is this the point? — of course not, considering “He fell in love with her so quickly that no one in the room heard the sound;” If no one heard it, who cared what the sound was, right?
- Now, I don’t know how faithful “Genius” is to actual events (I’m not guessing much; besides, one wonders what Literati would think of a film starring Brits playing Perkins, Wolfe, Fitzgerald, and Parsons). What do you think of Pa Hem’s film (actor), but that’s not the point; unlike most biopics about writers and artists in general, this one stays true to the creative process.
- CinemaSerf: This is one of Jude Law’s better characterizations as he plays troubled writer Thomas Wolfe. His near-Biblical magnum opus doesn’t exactly excite most literary agents, but famed Max Perkins (Colin Firth) bucks that trend by giving him a chance. Now, the committee had some editorial caveats—notably hundreds of pages of drastic cuts—but the two began working together to build a relationship that kept Wolff focused and successful. Of course, this success was a beast with two heads, and when the next book came out – about 5,000 pages in – the pair had to make a clean break with the work, leaving the writer in a spiral of bitterness and resentment middle. Perhaps only his beloved “Erin” (Nicole Kidman) can stop his inevitable self-destruction? Meanwhile, it’s up to Mrs. Perkins (Laura Linney) to make sure her husband doesn’t follow his friend into an emotional slump—no easy task. It’s a rather entertaining if somewhat speculative biopic about an obsessed man. Yes, he had success, but he also had his own ideals of poetry and storytelling, and it was this impulse that tested every relationship he had. Law effectively exudes some frustration here, but Firth’s understated effort does a good job of dampening that. Guy Pearce (F. Scott Fitzgerald) and Dominic West (Ernest Hemingway) have cameos in the film to give the story more meat and help illustrate How fickle their success is, and John Logan’s script keeps the dialogue tight.
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